theme en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /θiːm/
Etymology
From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.
Meanings
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A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
"Had not you once a beautiful daughter, named Mary?" said the stranger. "It is a heartrending question, man," said Andrew; "but certes, I had once a beloved daughter named Mary." "What became of her?" asked the stranger. Andrew shook his head, turned round, and began to move away; it was a theme that his heart could not brook.
1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:
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A recurring idea; a motif. ▸ A concept with multiple instantiations.
variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness
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A recurring idea; a motif. ▸ Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
switch to a dark theme to conserve battery power
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(dated) An essay written for school.
[…] his themes and exercises were in constant demand for what we called cogging and American students rather grandly called plagiarization.
1979, Tri-Quarterly, numbers 46-47, page 273:Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme.
1917, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:
- The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- (qualifier:crosswording) An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
- The stem of a word.
- Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- Topic, what is generally being talked about.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| themes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
themer · themeable · minitheme · deuterothematic · retheme · polythematic · themelet · prototheme · monothematic · subtheme · themeless · deuterotheme · dithematic · countertheme
Relateds
thematise · thema · thematisation · theme park · thematic · theme song · theme tune · theme music
Synonyms
Translations (169)
eo temo (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · tr tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · nb tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · io temo (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ko 쩨마 (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ga ábhar (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · de Thema (music: main melody of a piece of music) · fi aihe (linguistics: topic, what is generally being talked about) · de Stamm (grammar: stem of a word) · ar مَوْضُوع (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · sv tema (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · ko 테마 (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · hu téma (linguistics: topic, what is generally being talked about) · el θέμα (grammar: stem of a word) · ka თემი (regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire) · sv tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · pt tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · is þema (music: main melody of a piece of music) · ms tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ang andtimber (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ru ко́рень (grammar: stem of a word) · ru осно́ва (grammar: stem of a word) · cmn 主旋律 (music: main melody of a piece of music) · kk тақырып (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ro temă (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · km សាច់រឿង (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · el θέμα (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · uk те́ма (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · be тэ́ма (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · kmr mewzû (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · de Thema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · az mövzu (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ko 화제 (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · kk тема (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · es tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · lb Thema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · da tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ru те́ма (music: main melody of a piece of music) · et teema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · fi aihe (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · th กระทู้ (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · fa-ira مُوضوع (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · yue 主題 /主题 (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · hy թեմա (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ka თემა (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · km អត្ថរស (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · pl motyw (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · it tema (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · mi marau (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · pl kompozycja (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · ota بحث (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · bn বিষয় (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · lv temats (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ps موضوع (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ko 테마 (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · ga téama (music: main melody of a piece of music) · es thema (regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire) · sk téma (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ug ماۋزۇ (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · hu téma (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · bg те́ма (music: main melody of a piece of music) · ja テーマ (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · el θέμα (music: main melody of a piece of music) · de Theme (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · ja 主題 (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · es temática (recurring idea) · gl tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ga téama (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · mi tāhuhu (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · cmn 主題 /主题 (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ro temă (music: main melody of a piece of music) · yi טעמע (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · he תֵּמָה (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ru те́ма (recurring idea) · tr mevzu (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · rm tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ru те́ма (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · de Motiv (recurring idea) · bg осно́ва (grammar: stem of a word) · ja テーマ (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · tr ana konu (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · es tema (recurring idea) · ru моти́в (recurring idea) · he נוֹשֵׂא (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · bg те́ма (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · hu téma (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · he ערכת נושא (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · mi tāhuhu (music: main melody of a piece of music) · uk те́ма (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · is þema (linguistics: theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory) · ru те́ма (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · ky тема (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · lt tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · mk тема (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · el θέμα (regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire) · ca tema (music: main melody of a piece of music) · es tema (grammar: stem of a word) · hu motívum (music: main melody of a piece of music) · grc θέμα (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · sq temë (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · el θέμα (linguistics: topic, what is generally being talked about) · fi vartalo (grammar: stem of a word) · sh téma (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · hu tárgy (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · mi tāhū (music: main melody of a piece of music) · is tema (music: main melody of a piece of music) · tk tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · prs مَوضُوع (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · mi tāhuhu (linguistics: topic, what is generally being talked about) · tg тема (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · sl tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · tl tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · sh те́ма (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · vi chủ đề (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ro temă (recurring idea) · hu motívum (recurring idea) · fi teema (recurring idea) · es tema (music: main melody of a piece of music) · ja 主題 (recurring idea) · uz tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ko 주제 (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · cmn 話題 /话题 (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · fr thème (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · fi puheenaihe (linguistics: topic, what is generally being talked about) · ota مبحث (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · pl temat (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · hu thema (regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire) · fi teema (music: main melody of a piece of music) · fa-ira تِم (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · de Thema (linguistics: topic, what is generally being talked about) · ro temă (regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire) · tg мавзӯъ (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · de Wortstamm (grammar: stem of a word) · pt tema (music: main melody of a piece of music) · ja 話題 (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · mn сэдэв (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · es temática (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · tk mowzuk (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · mi tāhuhu (recurring idea) · cmn 主題 /主题 (music: main melody of a piece of music) · hu téma (music: main melody of a piece of music) · ur مَوضُوع (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · lo ກະທູ້ (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · uz mavzu (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · sa विषय (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · pt tema (grammar: stem of a word) · pt tema (computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.) · ota موضوع (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · enm teme (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ca tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · hi प्रसंग (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · es tema (linguistics: topic, what is generally being talked about) · mi tāhū (recurring idea) · id tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · is þema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · az tema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · hi विषय (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · is stef (music: main melody of a piece of music) · cs téma (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · ca tema (regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire) · ro temă (grammar: stem of a word) · io temato (music: main melody of a piece of music) · km អង្គសេចក្តី (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · is efni (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · mi kaupapa (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · fi aihe (recurring idea) · nl thema (subject of a talk or an artistic piece) · pt tema (recurring idea) · my အကြောင်း (subject of a talk or an artistic piece)